Comments on: MLS and the Water Cooler http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/08/mls-and-the-water-cooler/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave's Football Blog http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/08/mls-and-the-water-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Dave's Football Blog Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:04:20 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/08/mls-and-the-water-cooler/#comment-709 Save for the NFL, all sport in America is local or regional. In my office, if we're not talking about the NFL, we're talking about ACC Basketball, or college football every once in a while. Nobody here cares about the NBA or MLB. I never heard a peep in here from Red Sox fans after the World Series. I actually hear more people around here talk about hockey, just because we've got the Hurricanes in Raleigh. Maybe if we had an MLS club here, things would be different, but I doubt it. Save for the NFL, all sport in America is local or regional. In my office, if we’re not talking about the NFL, we’re talking about ACC Basketball, or college football every once in a while. Nobody here cares about the NBA or MLB. I never heard a peep in here from Red Sox fans after the World Series.

I actually hear more people around here talk about hockey, just because we’ve got the Hurricanes in Raleigh. Maybe if we had an MLS club here, things would be different, but I doubt it.

]]> By: Matth http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/08/mls-and-the-water-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Matth Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:53:07 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/08/mls-and-the-water-cooler/#comment-706 Personally, I rarely talk about soccer with anyone but my other soccer-obsessed friends. This is mainly due to a high degree of embarrassment that the prologue to Fever Pitch could have been written about me. Maybe if I could stop blushing every time I start waving my arms about and foaming at the mouth, I wouldn't mind bringing up soccer more often with casual acquaintances, but I don't see that happening any time soon. Personally, I rarely talk about soccer with anyone but my other soccer-obsessed friends. This is mainly due to a high degree of embarrassment that the prologue to Fever Pitch could have been written about me. Maybe if I could stop blushing every time I start waving my arms about and foaming at the mouth, I wouldn’t mind bringing up soccer more often with casual acquaintances, but I don’t see that happening any time soon.

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